my first rig had a pumped 454 in it. it was a blast to drive. stop light drags and it mudded like you wouldn't believe. but all that hp breaks stuff and it over heated when i tried to crawl it. now i'm into crawling i like smooth power, no over heating and mainteneace free. that's pretty much what the stock 22re in my runner is.
and yes it is geared low. dual case with 4:1 in the back and 5:38 axle gears. that little 4 banger has no problem pushing the 35's over rocks. and it gets better milage then the big block and it doesn't break stuff like the big block and it doesn't ever, ever over heat.
i have to admit. i do miss the power sometimes.
my last rig i had a mildly modified 22r. it had more beans getting on the freeway but for crawling i didn't notice it too much over the motor when it was stock. i had 4:88's with 4:1 t gears and 33's.
